Word: jon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rarity in Iceland: an enthusiast. His passions have carried him into and out of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Communist Party. His politics appear rarely in his books, but his poetry often. In this novel, Laxness touches with song the most unlikely events, from Jon of Skagi's self-appointment as custodian of the town lavatory to a great debate that raged in Iceland about whether the establishment of barbershops should be permitted. As a storyteller, Laxness shares with Brazil's Jorge Amado (TIME, May 28, 1965) an infectious zest for the eccentricities of ordinary people...
...version of Walküre before the festival performance, brought in a TV production firm-in which he is a major stockholder-to film the festival for worldwide distribution, and lined up more than 20 radio networks. These tie-ins enabled him to sign such top singers as Jon Vickers and Régine Crespin, and he even persuaded the Berlin senate to let the city's famed Philharmonic make its first appearance in an opera...
...paunchy, middle-aged Italian restaurant owner (Richard Castellano) discovers that he has an illegitimate son from a long-past liaison. The boy (Jon Voight) is 22, a blond sunburst who looks as if he had spent an eternity on a tennis court. The father breaks the news to his wife by bringing the son home for a visit. The wife (Irene Papas) is a moody, olive-dark, childless woman of 36 who has been pacing her life like a tiger in a cage of desire. Unable to restrain herself, she kisses the youth. When he spurns her ("Get yourself another...
...captaincy of Harvard's Nordic ski team is not the most gloried position in Harvard sports, but for Jon Chaffee '66 it was a chute to two years of skiing around the world, in an enviable version of military service...
Monro's formal involvement with Miles began in 1964, when he prompted Jon Clifton '63 to organize and run a summer reading program for 10-year olds. Monro himself directed a pre-college English program in the summer of 1964 and then led a larger workshop of 300 students the next year. In 1966 he ran the whole summer program, including English, Math, and Upward Bound. At the same time he advised the Faculty at Miles on curriculum changes, and organized and recruited new staff...